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Adjectives & Agreement
Adjectives, their agreement, comparatives, participles and adverbs.
البَيْتُ الكَبِيرُ
the big house
al-baytu al-kabiiru
The adjective takes al when the noun is definite
الكِتَابُ الجَدِيدُ
the new book
al-kitaabu al-jadiidu
Both noun and adjective are definite
أَحْمَر
red
ahmar
A color adjective
حَمْرَاء
red (f)
hamraa'
The feminine of the color
أَزْرَق
blue
azraq
A color adjective
زَرْقَاء
blue (f)
zarqaa'
The feminine color
سَيَّارَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ
a red car
sayyaaratun hamraa'u
The color agrees in gender
طُلَّابٌ مُجْتَهِدُونَ
diligent students
tullaabun mujtahiduuna
Human plural takes a plural adjective
كُتُبٌ جَدِيدَةٌ
new books
kutubun jadiidatun
Non-human plurals take a feminine singular adjective
بُيُوتٌ كَبِيرَةٌ
big houses
buyuutun kabiiratun
The non-human plural agreement rule